Akira Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林 旭, Hepburn: Kobayashi Akira, born November 3, 1938) is a Japanese actor and singer. His nickname is Maito Gai (マイトガイ, "Might Guy").

Filmography

• 2003Road to the Don Theatrical Version
• 2002Shura Group
• 2002Shura Group Part 2
• 2002Shura Group Part 3
• 1993Emperor of Upheaval
• Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
• 1992A Legend of Turmoil — Shuji Otaki
• 1989The Demon Comes in Spring — Director
• 1984Again
• Falcon
• 1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga — Akira Takeda
• 1978Tarao Bannai — Bannai Tarao
• 1978The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village — Bannai Tarao
• 1977The Gate of Youth Part 2
• 1976Operation Plazma in Osaka
• 1976The Yakuza Code Still Lives — Akimitsu Hojo
• 1975Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
• 1975The Gate of Youth
• 1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode — Akira Takeda
• 1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics — Akira Takeda
• 1974Code of Wolves
• 1974Father of the Kamikaze
• 1974The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
• 1974Violent Streets — Ryuji Yazaki
• 1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity
• 1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War — Akira Takeda
• 1972Zorome no San Kyoudai
• 1971The Killer
• 1970Greatest Boss of Japan
• 1970Peonies And Dragons
• 1970Records of Bloodshed — Minoru Nojiri
• 1970Sign of the Jack — Yuji Hanamura
• 1970Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger — Masaaki Kagari
• 1970Women Smell of Night
• 1970Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies — Masaaki Kagari
• 1969100 Gamblers
• 1969Bloody Territories — Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member
• 1969Exiled to Hell — Koiso Kikuji
• 1969Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell — One-eyed Ipponmatsu
• 1969Ginza Poacher — Tsuchida Akira
• 1969Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
• 1969Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
• 1969The Elder Sister — Goro Fujikawa
• 1969The Rough One — Yuji
• 1969Women's Police — Masaaki Kagari
• 1969Women's Police: Part II — Masaaki Kagari
• 1969Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
• 1968Diamonds of the Andes
• 1968Dice and Swords
• 1968Duel in the Storm — Seijiro Tamimura
• 1968Retaliation — Kojiro Samukawa
• 1968Three Rogues
• 1967Immortal Guy
• 1967My Sweetheart — Director Sudo
• 1967The Endless Duel
• 1967The Reckless One
• 1967The Singing Gunman
• 1967Three Seconds to Zero Hour — Yabuki
• 1967対決
• 1966Black Tight Killers — Daisuke Hondo
• 1966Fearless Comrades
• 1966Shin yūkyōden
• 1966The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil — Koji Himura (Gambler)
• 1966Wandering Song
• 1965Bastards Without Borders — Shinsuke Henmi
• 1965Gambling is My Destiny — Koji Himura (The Wandering Gambler)
• 1965Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
• 1965Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
• 1965The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice — Koji Himuro
• 1965The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate — Koji Himuro (Gambler)
• 1965The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
• 1965The Dragon of Macao — Ryu
• 1965Three Stray Dogs
• 1964A Wandering Gambler — Koji Himuro (The Wandering Gambler)
• 1964Call My Black Dice — Koji Himuro (Gambler)
• 1964Punishment of a Lawless Villian
• 1964Tale on Tokai Chivalry
• 1964The Call of Blood — Ryôta Asari
• 1964The Flower and the Angry Waves
• 1964Traveling Alone with a Guitar
• 1963Badge of the Night
• 1963Ginza no jirochō
• 1963Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji
• 1963Hatoba no tobakushi
• 1963Kanto Wanderer — Katsuta
• 1963Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou — Theme Song Performance
• 1963Tale on Kanto Chivalry — Daisaku
• 1963Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
• 1962A Rampage Full of Dreams
• 1962Bōkyō no umi
• 1962Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love — Jun Yamakawa
• 1962Love in the Air — Shōji Satake
• 1962Night of Bloody Hell
• 1962Return of the Whirlwind
• 1962Song of a Traveller
• 1962The Rambler Goes North
• 1962The Rambler Returns Home — Hiroshi Taki
• 1962Utau abarenbō
• 1961Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm — Ginza Whirlwind
• 1961Pacific Porters
• 1961Rambling in the Sea
• 1961Standing Towards the Great Forest
• 1961The Black Scar
• 1961The Drifter Against the Wind
• 1961The Famous Wanderer
• 1961The Plateau Man
• 1961The Rambler under the Southern Cross
• 1961Where the Horizon Meets the Sun
• 1960He's the Witness
• 1960Return of the Vagabond
• 1960The Drifter from the Sea
• 1960The Guitarist and the Rancher
• 1960The Rambler Rides Again — Shinji
• 1960The Rambler in the Sunset
• 1960The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
• 1960The Wild, Unruly Drifter
• 1960Tokyo Mighty Guy — Jirô Shimizu
• 1960Volcano Wind
• 1960Yakuza Song
• 1959Farewell to Southern Tosa
• 1959Friendship of Jazz — Minoru Hata
• 1959Get Over Her — Osamu Tadokoro
• 1959Gunshū no naka no taiyō
• 1959I Will Challenge
• 1959Light The Explosives — Chūji Nakanishi (President of the Nakanishi-gumi construction company)
• 1959The Human Cyclone — Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")
• 1959The Rambling Guitarist — Taki
• 1959Tokyo no Kodoku
• 1959Who is in the Background?
• 1959Young Panther
• 1958Rusty Knife — Makoto Terada
• 1958The Boy Who Came Back — Nobuo Kasahara
• 1958The Nun — Akio Agata
• 1958The Perfect Game — Sôji Ôki
• 1958Young Breasts
• 1958Zesshou — Junkichi Sonoda
• 1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era — Genzui Kusaka
• 1957The Champion — Cameo
• 1957The Way of Youth
• 1957This Day's Life
• 1957Who's the Real Killer — Jiro
• 1957高校四年
• 1956Hungry Soul — Akira Ogouchi
• 1956Hungry Soul, Part II — Akira Ogouchi

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2026Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki — Self